Endorsed by City and Guilds for use with The Certificate for IT Users Level 1 (part of the City & Guilds e-Quals suite). The qualification consists of a core unit (IT principles) that is compulsory and externally tested, plus seven additional units. Students must take three units in all to gain a Level 1 Certificate but can be certified for individual units. Practice assignments at the end of each unit are based on City & Guilds specifications.